Miter-box.



E. A. SCHADE & c. BODMER.

MI TER BOX.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 17. 1916.

Patented Oct. 31,1916.

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MITER BOX.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 11, 1916.

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EDMUND A. SCI-IAD'E AND CHRISTIAN BODMER, OF NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT,ASSIGNORS. TO THE STANLEY RULE & LEVEL COMPANY, OF NEW BRITAIN,-CONNECTIGUT, A. CORPORATION OF CONNECTICUT.

lvIITER-BOX.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed June 17, 1916. Serial in). 104,187.

' vide asimple, inexpensive form of length j set and adjusted to suitdifferent conditions stop for miter boxes which can be readily andrequirements and which when not in use can be stored away within themiter boxready for use at any time.

Special ob ects are to'provide a practlcal gage for unusually long workand to provide for the proper support of long pieces of material beingsawed.

In the accomplishment of these objects and others, as will later appearwe employ a stop which is adjustable toward and away from the. miterboxand provide this stop .with means for supporting as well as gaging theend of the material being handled. The

stop is usually made longitudinally adjustable on a gage rod which isitself preferably adjustably mounted on the miter box and the stopfurther is adapted to receive and support a stop rod which may beadjusted with respect to the miter box.

Other features of the invention are the provision of means for couplingthe rods together to enable the length stop being positioned at somedistance from the miter box and the housing of these rods within thebase portion of the miter box.

Other features and details of the, invention will become apparent as thespecification proceeds, attention being directed to the accompanyingdrawing forming a part hereof and wherein we have shown the inventionembodied in a practical and preferred form.

In said drawing: Figure 1 is a perspective view of the invention asapplied to a miter box of preferred construction and illustrating thegage employed for shortlength work. Fig. 2 is a similar view showing thegage device extended for long work.

Fig. 3 is a broken view showing the parts as stored when not in use inthe base of the miter box.

The miter box in connection with which the invention is illustrated isshown as made up of a platform or sawing table 7 and back 8 supported bya base portion having supporting legs or feet 9, the saw 10 being guidedin the angularly adjustable guides 11. Mounted on the miter box is asupporting and gaging rod 12, said rod being supported, in the presentinstance, in the longitudinally alined sockets 13 provided in thesupporting legs of the box and adjustably held in such sockets by meansof the clamping screws 14:.

15 designates the stop or gaging device made, in the present disclosure,with a relatively fiat supporting base 16, a supporting column 17 risingfrom said base and a head 18 on the upper end of said column providedwith stop shoulders 19 at the opposite sides thereof and oppositelyextending lateral supporting shelves 20 on the base of said shoulders.This head 18 has an opening 21 extending therethrough forming a sleevefor a stop rod 22 and the base portion of the gage has an opening 23therethrough forming a sleeve receiving the gage rod 12. Clampingscrews'Qi and 25 are provided for securing the stop in adjusted positionon thegage rod and for securing the stop rod in adjusted positionrespectively.

When sawing relatively short lengths of material the stop may beadjusted to a convenient position on the gage rod 12 and the stop rod 22may then be accurately set to bring the material to the proper length.Another method is to bodily adjust the gag- Patented Oct. 31, 1916.

device, carrying with it the stop rod;

on the gage rod, or the same results may be obtained by clamping thegage device fast on the gage rod and thenadjusting the gaging device toa proper distance from the miter box and securing the gage rod to suchpoint by means of the clamp 14.

The flat supporting base of the gage device provides a firm support forsuch device thereby enabling the easy and accurate set ting of thedevice. This base also gives the gaging device sufficient rigidity towithstand the shocks of the material being brought into gaging relationtherewith.

The gage and stop rods may be made of any convenient length andprovision is made for handling extraordinarily long work by coupling thetwo rods together, this condition being illustrated in Fig. 2 wherein asleeve coupling 26 is used for uniting adjoining ends of the rods, saidrod ends being secured in said coupling by screws 27 and the gage devicebeing in such case engaged on the thus extended gage rod. In thls casethe shoulder 19 serves as the stop for Y the work and the end of thework is supported by restin on the supporting shelf 20. This preventssagging ot' a long piece of work and assists in holding the work inplace.

'l'he gaging device may if desired, be secured in adjusted relation bysuitable screws or other fastening means passed through the opening 28provided for that purpose in the base of the device. The constructiondescribed provides t'or a practicall unlimited range of adjustment.

When the length gage is not in use it may conveniently be stored in thebase portion of the miter box, the at-present preferred method being asindicated in Fig. 3, to store the stop rod in holes 29 provided in thelegs or" the box and to mount the gaging device on the extended ends ofthe two rods, the rods being spaced by these holes a distance apartequal to the distance between the sleeves 21 and 23. By such means thegage when not in use is stored out of the way and when needed is at handso that it may quickly be placed in position.

From the illustration it will be apparent that the gage-may be used ateither end of the miter box and may be set for practically any length ofcut.

What we claim is 1. The combination with a miter box, of alongitudinally disposed rod adj ustably secured to said box andextensible longitudinally beyond the end of the same, a stop sleeved onsaid rod and adjustable longitudinally thereon and therefore adjustablelongitudinally with respect to the miter box, said st p having a sleevedisposed longitudinally of the miter box and a stop rod longitudinallyadjustable in said sleeve.

2. The combination with a miter box, of a guiding rod disposedlongitudinally of the miter box and extensible longitudinally beyond theend of the miter box, a stop sleeved on said guide rod, adjustablethereon longitudinally with respect to the miter box and provided with abase disposed in. the plane of the base of the miter box to thereby restupon and be sustained by the support on which the miter box is mounted,said stop having a sleeve disposed longitudinally of the miter box and alongitudinally adjustable stop rod engaged in said sleeve.

' 3. The combination with a miter box provided with a plurality of holesin the base thereof for receiving and supporting a plurality of separaterods, a plurality of independent rods engaged in said holes and therebynormally housed in the miter box, a clamping means for securing one ofthe rods in the hole in which it is seated, a coupling having socketsfor receiving adjoining ends of the rods for uniting one of the otherrods in end-to-end relation to said held rod and a stop engaged on saidthusextended rod.

' d. The combination Witha miter box, of

a length stop adjustable toward and away,

from the end of the miter box, said stop having oppositely. facing stopshoulders, a rod recelvmg opening extending from one stop shoulderthrough to the opposite stop shoulder and supporting shelves extendingin opposite directions from the stop shoulders in substantially theplane of the sawing platform of the miter box whereby said length stopmay be used at either end of the miter box.

5. As an article of manufacture, a length stop for miter boxes having asupporting )ase, a column rising from said base, oppo sitely faced stopshoulders on the upper end of said column, oppositely extending sup- 7porting shelves pro ecting laterally from said stop shoulders, said stophaving a rod receiving opening extending through said stop shoulders androd clamping means associated with said opening.

6. In combination, a length gage having spaced rod receiving sleeves,rods engaged in said sleeves and a miter box having holes in the baseportion thereof spaced apart a distance equal to the distance of thespace between the sleeves of the gage device whereby said gage deviceand rods may be stored in the base portion of the miter box.

EDMUND A. SCHADE. CHRISTIAN BODMER.

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